Hello, Organizers! Today I want to talk about organizing our medicine cabinets because I feel like all the sicknesses are going around and it’s best that we’re prepared! Here are 5 steps to organizing your medicine cabinet/drawer!!

Check all expiration dates and duplicates. Believe it or not medicine does expire!! As you are disposing of expired medicine, be careful that you are disposing of them in the correct ways. Also, extra caution if you have children to make sure they aren’t able to dig it out of the trash. If you have duplicates, I would double, triple and quadruple check before combining them! It could be bad to combine non-alike medicine for obvious reasons! If you have big and small bottles of the same medicine (like Advil or Tylenol) it may be a good idea to keep them seperate. Those smaller bottles could be put into a little pouch to have an easy on-the-go first aid kit.

If you don’t have a first aid kit, now’s the time to get one! Easy to grab and go, like I said above. Make sure it is always fully stocked! I’d suggest putting a recurring reminder on your calendar or planner app to check your First-aid kit every 6 months. A good start would be:

Band-Aids & Antibiotic ointment (like neosporin)

Sterile Gauze (of a few different sizes)

Pain reliever of some kind

Adhesive tape

Antiseptic wipes

Tweezers

Scissors

Thermometer

Any medication that a family member needs to be on

Epipen if anyone in your family has a serious allergy

Now that all the expired medicine is out and your first aid kit supplies are set aside, group all the other remaining medicines. I like to group ours in category of how we use them. For example, cold/sinus, allergy, pain relievers, band-aids and topical treatments like neosporin, anti-itch cream (I get ridiculously itchy & large mosquito bites!! I’m talking swelling to 10x a normal person’s reaction!), etc. If you have children, child’s medication should be its own group.

Measure the drawer or cabinet, and get bins to hold all the medicines. This way they all stay grouped and organized. If you purchase bins to perfectly fit your space, it’s nice because they will perfectly nest in there. This is especially important if you have a medicine drawer so things don’t shift as you open/close.

As in all my other recommendations --label label label :) no more wondering or confusion for what you have or need!

That’s it folks! 5 steps for organizing your medicine cabinets and drawers. If you're a parent, the Fridababy Pacifier Baby Medicine Dispenser is supposed to be amazing! I'm not a mom so I can't say how it works, but like I've seen/heard so many mothers swear by them! I’d love to see your before and afters! Comment below or email me here!Happy organizing, all!!

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Emily has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University. There she learned how valuable organization can be in being productive. She chose to use this knowledge and help others achieve this productivity and optimization in their homes and small businesses. Read & Enjoy and as always, let us know if you have any questions!